Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Unforgettable

Do we really need to see a movie about two women locked in mortal combat?

Drama, Horror
Phoenix Forgotten

Phoenix Forgotten is not as problematic as many of its horrific peers. But that doesn’t mean it’s worth buying a …

Drama
The Promise

The Promise’s painful portrait of the Armenian genocide isn’t an easy one to watch. But the story it tells is …

Comedy, Drama
Colossal

Viewers who venture into this entertaining Godzilla-like send-up will also be singed by the pic’s fiery breath.

Drama, War
The Lost City of Z

So what we have here is a meticulously crafted and slow-moving film that captures the life of a man consumed …

Action/Adventure
The Fate of the Furious

If the audience ever slipped into idle for 30 seconds, they’d realize just how physics-defying and ridiculous this frenetic cinematic …

Comedy, Drama
Going in Style

Even if Going In Style is intended to be a whimsical farce, it still plants a troubling seed: that successfully …

Drama
Gifted

Gifted delivers a warm, heartstring-plucking message about our inbuilt need to love and be loved. It proudly proclaims the self-sacrificial, …

Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Ghost in the Shell

There are some light good-versus-evil, humanity-versus-tech statements, and even a nod or two to family, but all-in-all the film doesn’t …

Drama, War
The Zookeeper’s Wife

The Zookeeper’s Wife, based on a true story, is a tender, beautiful, courage-filled movie. It’s also grim, devastating, at times …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama
CHiPs

Vulgarity—visual and verbal—runs rampant in this buddy cop reboot that’s ostensibly about law and order.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Saban’s Power Rangers

These five angsty high school heroes sometimes push rebellion to obnoxious levels, while sprinkling in rough-edged language and superfluous sexual …

Drama, Horror
The Belko Experiment

Belko’s real experiment may be on moviegoers: Just how much meaningless death can we stomach? Just how much gore can …

Kids, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Beauty and the Beast

Families that don’t embrace Beauty and the Beast’s pro-gay moments will be forced to grapple with how best to respond …

Drama
The Sense of an Ending

The Sense of an Ending is both a quiet cautionary tale and a narrative about an aging man trying to …